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Deer Lake

WA · Stevens

The pin marks the middle of the water, for directions. The shoreline on the map comes from USGS NHD.

At a glance

Acres
1,146 acres
Shoreline
8.6 miles of shoreline
County
Stevens County
Last stocked
October 22, 2026
Species
Rainbow, Eastern Brook Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Rainbow616017.610-22-2026
Rainbow100128168.005-27-2026
Eastern Brook Trout12018115.005-18-2026
Eastern Brook Trout162254.504-11-2026
Rainbow153005.604-11-2026
Rainbow210006.503-31-2026
Rainbow3000.3303-09-2026
Rainbow28084.502-18-2026
Rainbow222644.502-17-2026
Eastern Brook Trout6001.311-20-2025
Rainbow1097317.510-15-2025
Rainbow1500218.2510-03-2025
Eastern Brook Trout3102381.5, 85.005-21-2025
Rainbow20065100.005-15-2025
Eastern Brook Trout146504.505-08-2025
Rainbow139695.205-08-2025
Rainbow66394.004-21-2025
Rainbow395487.9, 4.3, 5.5, 8.7504-01-2025
Rainbow183614.103-25-2025
Rainbow3000.3303-17-2025
Eastern Brook Trout6001.011-18-2024

Gear for the fish stocked here

Rainbow Trout

Rod: Light or ultralight spinning rod, about 4.5 to 8.5 feet; 5 to 6.5 feet suits stocked ponds.

Line: 4 to 10 lb monofilament, with 6 to 8 lb a good middle. Go lighter in clear water.

Baits: worms or cut nightcrawlers, salmon eggs, kernel corn

Lures: small inline spinners, small spoons, curly tail jigs and grubs

Full Rainbow Trout gear guide

Brook Trout

Rod: Fairly light spinning or spincast rod, the same light gear used for other trout.

Line: 4 to 6 lb test.

Baits: worms, crickets, grasshoppers

Lures: small spoons, small spinners, small jigs

Full Brook Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Alaskan Stickleback, Bridgelip Sucker, Chiselmouth, Largescale Sucker, Longnose Dace, Redside Shiner, Speckled Dace, Torrent Sculpin

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.